Class IV. COMMON SALMON. 389 



lings per stone,* the value rising and falling 

 according to the plenty of fish, or the prospect 

 of a fair or foul wind. Some fishes are sent in 

 this manner to London the latter end of Septem- 

 ber, when the weather grows cool, but then they 

 are full of large roes, grow very thin bellied, 

 and are not esteemed either palatable or whole- 

 some. The price of fresh fishes in the month 

 of July, when they are most plentiful, has been 

 known to be as low as 8d. per stone, but last 

 year never less than \6d. and from that to 

 Qs. 6d. 



The season for fishing in the Tzveed begins Season. 

 November 30th, but the fishermen work very 

 little till after Christmas ; it ends on Michael- 

 mas-Day ; yet the corporation of Berwick (who 

 are conservators of the river) indulge the fisher- 

 men with a fortnight past that time, on account 

 of the change of the style. 



There are on the river forty-one considerable 

 fisheries extending upwards, about fourteen 

 miles from the mouth (the others above being 

 of no great value) which are rented for nearly 

 5400/. per annum. The expence attending the 

 servants' wages, nets, boats, &c. amount to 5000/. 



* A stone of salmon weighs 18lb. 10 oz. and half, or in other 

 terms, four stones, or fifty-six pounds avoirdupoise, is only three 

 stones, or forty-two pounds, fish weight at Berwick. 



